Monday, May 22, 2017

Is you PC affected by the latest deadly Ransomware called WanaCry? A timely solution to the attack is here. Well, in case you don't know, a malware called Ransomeware (aka WanaCry) has affected more than 300,000 computers in 150 nations since its attack on computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system last Friday.
The way it works? Very dangerous! Once your company is infected, the ransomware encrypts your data demands ransom payments from the infected computers in the Bitcoincryptocurrency. Hence the name "Ransomeware" But good news is there is a fix now so no need to pay any ransom anymore as security experts released a decryption tool called WanaKiwi. or WanaKey

WanaKiwi can be used on Windows XP, Vista, 7, Server 2003, and Server 2008, and can run using the command prompt. If your system is affected by Ransomeware, follow the below link to download the decryption tool kit.

I'm really confused as to why we now have so many malware and viruses in the net.

Recently, a Croatian security researcher who is a member of the Croatian government’s computer emergency response team (CERT), has discovered a new dangerous malware which is more powerful than WannaCry.

Here is a little introduction

Warning! This Malware Is More Powerful Than WannaCry

EternalRocks is the new and powerful virus that has just been discovered by Croatian cybersecurity expert Miroslav Stampar, who claims to be more powerful than WannaCry, the ransomware that infected computers in more than 150 countries in mid-May. This new worm contains at least seven “exploits” that supposedly would come from the US National Security Agency (NSA).

Six of these NSA tools were used by the US agency to carry out cybersquatting actions and would have been leaked by hacking group ShadowBrokers.

According to Stampar, EternalRocks exploits the vulnerabilities in Windows regarding the SMB network protocol, using the exploits EternalBlue, EternalChampion, EternalRomance, EternalSynergy, SMBTouch, ArchiTouch and DoublePulsar.

A new malware has been discovered by Check Point security researchers called “Fireball”, the malware succeeded to infect more than 250 million computers in a widespread campaign run by a Chinese digital marketing agency.

The malware is spread by a big digital marketing company based in Beijing (called Rafotech). The company use the malware to manipulates the victims’ browsers to turn search engines and home pages into fake search engines, redirect queries to Yahoo or Google, and obtain victims’ private information via tracking pixels included in the fake search engines.